CONGRESS DURATION

• The opening ceremony will take place on June 18^th at 10:30 AM at the Auditorium of the University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7 with a welcome speech by the Director of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Milan.

• The closing ceremony has been scheduled for June 20^th at about 05:30 PM.

• The official language of the congress is English.

ORAL SESSIONS

• The oral presentations will consist of keynotes, invited lectures and short oral presentations.

• Keynotes will last 45 minutes.

• Invited lectures will last 20 minutes.

• Short oral presentations will last 15 minutes.

• All the assigned durations for the oral presentations include a few minutes of discussion.

• On the 2^nd congress day, from 1:30 PM, the MIPOL YOUNG symposium will take place. It will consist of two full afternoon sessions dedicated to the short oral presentations of Young Scientists, that is, Ph.D. students and post-doc fellows aged 32 or younger.

POSTER SESSION

• Posters will be affixed in the hall of the auditorium for the entire congress. The preferred poster size is A0 (841 × 1189 mm x mm).

• At lunchtime on June 18^th and 19^th, at least one of the poster Authors should stand by each poster to answer questions from the audience.

• Poster presenters can exhibit a PDF copy of their poster on the "Poster communications" webpage.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

• Find details on abstract submission on the "Call for Abstracts" page.
• Find details on registration on the "Registration" page.

AWARDS & PRIZES

• The Best Poster Award competition is open to Young Scientists who submit their application.
• The Best Oral Presentation Award is dedicated to participants of the MIPOL Young symposium.
• The winner of the 3^rd edition of the Mario Malinconico Prize for the best master's degree thesis in polymer science will be celebrated.
• The winners of the three MIPOL awards will be revealed and honored following the conclusion of the oral sessions.
• For information on how to participate in the above competitions surf the "Awards" page.

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION

• The congress content will be disseminated using social media, in particular Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

• Attendees will be requested to acknowledge publication of their pictures or their presentations

This page will be constantly updated!

Feel free to direct any inquiries to the congress secretariat by mailing to mipol@unimi.it.